Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 26802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonsall Moor, Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blakelow Hill Mine
Blakemere Pit
Bonsall Moor Quarry (Moor Farm Quarry; "Slayley Quarry")
Slack Mines
Whitelow Mines

Latitude: 53°7'41"N
Longitude: 1°37'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.128055555556,-1.6205555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl O P Pb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	119847	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	119847	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	119846,119847	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	119846,119847	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	119847	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	119846,119847	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	119846,119847	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	119845,119846,119847,119848,119849	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	119847	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	119846,119847	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	119847	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	119845	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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